, 1887-04-20
ODDS AND ENDS.
Stray Leaves From a Reporters
Note Book,
Gathered During the Past Twenty,
Four Hours.

There are a large number of strangers
in the city and more are coming.
S. F. Powell, piano tuner from Denver,
is in town. Leave orders at Warren's
The city is getting more lively By day.
The flies are around pretty numerous
for this early in the season.
A number of ladies and gentlemen
from Sidney, Neb., who came up to Chey-
enne to hear Booth vent home Yesterday.
The rush from abroad to hear Booth
was 80 great that it was almost impossible
to find suitable lodging, and some did not
find any at all,
Parties who hope to secure the $3.50 re-
ward offered for the recovery of the body
sfsRobert Rice are dragging the North
Platte river below Fort Laramie.
H. j. Self will go out to Silver Crown
to-day or tomorrow for the purpose of
of beginning active operations on the con-
struction of the new roasting furnace.
The little town of Sterling, down on
the South Platte, and which lies on the
line to be followed by the B.. & M. in
coming to Cheyenne, is also having a
boom.
a special passenger train will probably
be run from Evanston to Cheyenne to ac.
commodate people who desire to be pres
ent at the laying of the capitol corner
stone.
A pigeon, shoot between Messrs. Ber-
gersen, Channel, Shuneman and East
occurred near the fair ground yesterday
afternoon, each of the marksmen making
an excellent record.
Gen. Bowman, who is to deliver the
Grafton to the Grand Army in Cheyenne
on Decoration day, is expected to arrive
here on May 90, and attend church with
the Reynolds post the evening preceding
the exercises.
Thomas Gray and a party whose name
was not ascertained, were brought to
Cheyenne under guard, by a special Off
Ger, they having been committed on ac-
count OF a cutting affair which occurred
near Government farm lately.
After years and years of bordering,
slumbering and dreaming over Iron
Mountain, our people are Just waking up
and opening their eyes to its importance,
especially since it is learned that this
mountain is the objective point of the
Denver & Rio Grande railroad.
The United States signal observer re-
ports as follows: Maximum temperature
yesterday, 43o; minimum temperature.
27'; highest wind, 80 miles per hour /:
direction, southwest. At 3 p. m. the tenn
perature at Salt Lake was 54o, Denver 39o,
Omaha $50, North Platte 43o, Yankton
53o.
The city having refused to permit
Henry Harrington to join walls with the
Pioneer hook and ladder building, in con-
structing his new building, Henry says he
thinks he will give the city notice to cut
down the caves of the hook and ladder
building on the north side, as they extend
about a foot and a half over the line upon
his land.
AT the annual meeting of THE LEADER
Printing company, held at the Office of
A. H. Reel, April 10, the following trus-
tees were chosen for the ensuing year: A.
H. Reel, G. P. Organ, G. A. Draper,
Philip Dater, John Harrington, G. F.
Miller, Colin Hunter, W. G. provinces,
II. Glafcke. At a subsequent meeting of
the board of trustees the following officers
were elected: President, A. H. Reel; vice
president, G. p. Organ; treasurer. G. A.
Draper; secretary, G. +. Miller.